Circumstantial largely Shanks mate; that being our good players unfortunately injured. This as a result in truth falls to us barrel-scrapping and that’s why I made a thread called “We’re Poor” and that’s why I had a shot at our owners.
I don’t want to hog the General Footy page into Liverpool, but for well over 20 years mate, we simply have not harvested/invested properly into our youth/academy players.
The reason why I stress this is because we know there’s ultimately a ‘glass ceiling’ as to how high we can spend and how much we’re able to bring and being prepared to let players reach peak go, so where’s the next batch of good quality on the circuit coming from?
Also, I don’t subscribe to just 4th spot every term to attract good players (apparently), and have a bit of a ‘holiday’ with the big teams in Europe. I was bought up in the 1980s where Liverpool had strived for every trophy and were back then, England’s most successful.